Both of your proposed routes through France seem to avoid some of the best touring areas you'll find anywhere. You touch on a little bit of Brittany which is nice, but after that, you'll be along the unexciting coastal area along the Atlantic, and the crowded Mediterranean coastal area which is best avoided. What are the nice parts of France for touring? IMO, the Dordogne & Lot valleys in the SW, the Loire Valley, Normandy, Alsace, Auvergne, Burgundy, Pyrenees, Alps, and certain inland parts of Provence. Corsica is fantastic, too.

I don't know what your nationality is, but there are now limits on how long many nationalities can stay in the Schengen Zone without getting a visa. The Schengen zone is NOT the same as the European Union.